Decision Workspace
rust_sodium vs rust_sodium-sys vs rust_sodium_holochain_fork-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
rust_sodium
growingv0.10.2
Fast cryptographic library for Rust (bindings to libsodium)
43
rust_sodium-sys
growingv0.10.4
Raw bindings to libsodium
42
rust_sodium_holochain_fork-sys
growingv0.10.4
Raw bindings to libsodium
Core Metrics
| rust_sodium | rust_sodium-sys | rust_sodium_holochain_fork-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 43 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 147.5K | 159.6K | 10.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 911 | 903 | 926 |
| Dependents | 256 | 43 | 15 |
| Releases | 14 | 20 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2615d ago | 2524d ago | 2260d ago |
| Age | 9y 7m | 9y 7m | 6y 2m |
Health Breakdown
rust_sodium
Maintenance
7
Quality
11
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
rust_sodium-sys
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
rust_sodium_holochain_fork-sys
Maintenance
1
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| rust_sodium | rust_sodium-sys | rust_sodium_holochain_fork-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.2 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 8 | 13 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 2.1MB | 21KB | 21KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •rust_sodium leads with a health score of 45/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust_sodium-sys has the most downloads (159.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust_sodium is depended on by 256 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rust_sodium, rust_sodium-sys, rust_sodium_holochain_fork-sys have not been updated in over a year.